Weezer covered MGMT. WTF?
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Weezer cover MGMT
new Chairlift remix
London DJ Graeme Sinden has worked tropicalia percussion and instruments into Chairlift’s “Evident Utensil,” including a steel drum sounding synthesizer. It sounds like summertime in a club.
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cover from Robin Pecknold’s White Antelope
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Robin Pecknold has been releasing songs on his Myspace recently for his solo project the White Antelope. He recently covered the song the “Silver Dagger,” a traditional folk ballad best known for renditions by Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. Get the track below. Lyrics:Don’t sing love songs; you’ll wake my motherShe’s sleeping here, right by my sideAnd in her right hand, a silver daggerShe say
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[VIDEO] We Fun Movie Trailer
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We Fun is an insider’s look at a small group of bands that have come to international prominence in the last year. Atlanta area bands like the Black Lips, Mastodon and Deerhunter that started playing at house parties and offbeat local venues are now playing festivals around the world. It is the story of the Peter Pan syndrome reaching critical mass and the creativity that follows. There is fire.
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Jarvis Cocker “Further Complications” - Buy It
Backed by a dizzily contagious variety of beats, Cocker unapologetically tells stories his own way. Playful at times, longing at others, the album feels like the weekend you’ll never forget: vodka-soaked good times followed by those lounging melodies made to ease the next day’s headache.Sounds Like: Blur | Pavement | Elvis CostelloJarvis Cocker: (MySpace / Official)Click me and win (the opport
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playful pop from Elizabeth & The Catapults
I’ve learned over the years that anything produced by Nebraska’s Mike Mogis is worth checking out. Mogis, who in the past has helped make records for everyone from Bright Eyes to M. Ward and Rilo Kiley, recently helped mold the debut full-length album for New York City trio Elizabeth & The Catapults. A bass line, a couple blows from a trumpet, and Elizabther Ziman’s playful lyrics (which inc
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Interview - Brandon Bethancourt (AKA Alaska In Winter) (Seattle, WA; Spring, 2009)
After an initial mix-up on timing before the show at Chop Suey in Seattle, I finally managed to speak with Brandon Bethancourt (aka Alaska In Winter) via telephone.melophobe: So I noticed your accent in one of the interviews you did awhile back, did you learn German when you were living in Berlin? (Sprechen Sie Deutch?)Brandon: uh (laughs), Nein. I picked up a little bit but I wasn’t taking cla.
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Obits “I Blame You” - Borrow It
Former Hot Snakes front-man Rick Froberg is at it again with a full-length of fast, crackling, unrelenting rock and roll that grows on you after the initial shock. Hard-luck scratchy vocals blanket a bed of interweaving guitars peppered with hyperactive drumbeats. May induce compulsive skateboarding and flipping-off cops.Sounds Like: Iggy and the Stooges | The Cramps | The Clash Obits: (MySpac...
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Starfucker “Jupiter” - Buy It
These darlings of the Portland indie music scene have stepped up the dance beats and honed their production. Jupiter makes its mark with a combination of up-beat pop and a generous spreading of darker electronic beats (not to mention an adorable cover of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”) Sounds Like: Of Montreal | Cut Copy | DeerhoofStarfucker: (MySpace)Ahem. Buy it already.starfucker jupiter
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iron & wine to release b-side record around the well
Sub Pop is releasing a two-disc collection of Iron & Wine B-sides on May 19th. Take a listen below to “Belated Promise Ring,” a typically sweet folk gem from songsmith Sam Beam.Track list:Disc: 11. Dearest Forsaken2. Morning3. Loud As Hope4. Peng!5. Sacred Vision6. Friends They Are Jewels7. Hickory8. Waitin’ For a Superman9. Swans and the Swimming10. Call Your Boys11. Such Great HeightsDisc:
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Junior Boys + Max Tundra - Middle East Downstairs (Cambridge, MA; May 8, 2009)
Ben Jacobs (Max Tundra) dances the way a toddler dances: jubilantly, effusively, and without a hint of self-consciousness. His arms stab the air as if in a fit, occasionally with the beat but just as frequently not. Jacobs spends his set imitating a whirlwind. He flits from synthesizer to keyboard to melodica and occasionally takes hyper excursions into the crowd. It is impossible to watch Max ...
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must listen: the Rural Alberta Advantage
The Rural Alberta Advantage started as a project by Nils Edenloff to cope with homesickness after his move from Edmonton, Alberta to Toronto, Ontario in 2003. The band, now a trio, will release Edenloff’s odes to his former home on its debut album Hometowns, due out July 7th. The vocal harmony on “Don’t Haunt This Place” is alone worth a listen. 05/17 Los Angeles, CA Bandit Art Gallery Bac
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Aerosmith sells out, again.
It’s hard to say when Aerosmith first “sold out.” There was the Armageddon soundtrack’s single that-shall-not-be-named, the cringe-worthy cameo in the awful Be Cool, and the recent Guitar Hero game featuring the band. But most experts say it was when the band stopped taking drugs in the 1980s. Now, the once-great rock group that penned “Sweet Emotion” (opening scene of Dazed and Confus
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Fischerspooner - Theater of Living Arts (Philadelphia, PA; May 6, 2009)
Touring in support of their latest release Entertainment, Fischerspooner returned May 6 to Philadelphia for the first time since 2005. “This is our first tour in the U.S. in five years,” Casey Spooner, songwriter and vocals, said to the crowd. “It’s been really a long road getting back here” he continued, and went on to add that the Theatre of the Living Arts (TLA) show kicked off the ba
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new White Rabbits video/song
The White Rabbits have released a video for “Percussion Gun,” the first single off the band’s forthcoming sophomore LP It’s Frightening. The album, due out in stores May 19th, was produced by Spoon’s Britt Daniel and contains plenty of the musician’s signature bare-bones and disjointed rhythms. Grab the track below.
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[VIDEO] Ebony Bones - The Musik
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Much has been said about Ebony Bones’s inimitable style, but it looks as if her fans know a thing or two about striking a unique pose. See what we mean in this video for “The Musik”
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Oasis concert may delay election results
According to the BBC News, the British government is warning that an Oasis concert on June 4th could delay voting in its election for members of the European parliament, scheduled for the same day. The sold-out Manchester show in Heaton Park will require police to close off several main roads surrounding the park a half hour before polling stations close. In fear of the potential clogged roadwa...
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